[Hopespringpcsg] FW: [PPML] Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk for fatal heart attack

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:
>From a US blog.
Link to an interesting article.
Thx.
Glen 


Subject: [PPML] Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk for fatal heart attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150922114743.htm

Summary:Long term follow up of a randomized clinical trial that compared ADT and radiation therapy (RT) to RT alone finds that men with significant comorbidity; most commonly prior heart attack, who received ADT died earlier, due to a fatal heart attack, compared to men who did not receive ADT.

*Journal Reference*:

   1. Anthony V. D’Amico, Ming-Hui Chen, Andrew Renshaw, Marian Loffredo,
   Philip W. Kantoff. *Long-term Follow-up of a Randomized Trial of
   Radiation With or Without Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Localized
   Prostate Cancer*. *JAMA*, 2015; 314 (12): 1291 DOI:
   10.1001/jama.2015.8577 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.8577>